Dear Baby Eli, 

I am now 31 weeks and 4 days pregnant with you. You are now about 16 inches long and possibly almost 4 pounds. So far, I have been remaining prayed up and loving every moment we share together. Just last week we had our very first maternity photo shoot! You gave me a very special glow that truly shown on our photos. Let me tell you son, you were kicking up a storm whenever I was wearing a bright red ballroom gown type tutu. I kept poking you back to let you know that I know you love being in front of the camera as much as mama do. 

Dear Baby, 

You have grown oh so much in these past five weeks that I am truly blow away whenever I just think about it. According to one of my baby apps that use fruits and vegetables to track your size, you have grown from the size of a coconut that is 10.5 inches long to the size of a cauliflower that is 13.5 inches long and weighs almost two pounds! 

We have made it halfway through this pregnancy, and it still has been one of the greatest joys of my life. According to a few baby apps that use fruits and vegetables to measure your size, you have grown so much. At 18 weeks, you were around the size of bell pepper, and now you are possibly a little bigger than an artichoke. Don’t worry, Mama will educate you on all the fruits and vegetables there are! My baby boy, you are very active in my womb. Your father and I think that we have discovered a name for you. We think we will call you Alan Eli Hurd. We are still not certain yet.

Dear Baby Hurd,

According to a few baby apps that like to use fruits as measurements to keep track of how you are growing, you have grown from the size of an apple to a pomegranate. Baby, you have grown a whole lot! You are now almost 1 pound and of course Mama has put on close to 20 pounds in these past four months. To many people I am not showing, however I know you are inside of me having the time of your life.

When we left off in the last letter your mama was going on 13 weeks pregnant with you. At 13 weeks, pregnant you were the size of a large lemon and now you are as big as a nectarine! You have grown so much in these past two weeks that I am excited to see you back on the ultrasound screen in action. In these last two weeks, I have been talking to you as if you could hear and comprehend every word that I say to you.

Dear Baby Hurd, 

I still am thanking God for your life every day. These past two weeks have really been going great for me and your father. In the last letter that you read from me, I told you that your father and I was going through a difficult time with seeing eye to eye. I can now say that we have truly moved passed the bitter sweetness that affected us weeks ago. Mama’s hormones are getting back to normal. I am still a major emotional being as your father always jokes about, however things have been solid.

As of today, I am nine weeks and three days pregnant. I am basically three days’ past being three months pregnant with you. Right now, you are the size of a green olive. I have been back to the doctor ever since, the last update and I had an ultrasound. Mommy will explain to you when you get here and can understand what an ultrasound is too, so don’t be confused while you read this.